St-Nicolas (Villennes-sur-Seine)
The Catholic parish church of Saint-Nicolas in Villennes-sur-Seine , a parish in the Yvelines department in the French region of Île-de-France , is a Romanesque church from the 12th century. The west portal , the nave and the substructure of the tower have been preserved from the original building . In 1926, the church consecrated to St. Nicholas was added to the list of architectural monuments in France as Monument historique .
history
A parish was recorded in Villennes-sur-Seine as early as 1007 and the place consequently also had a church. The construction of the current church is dated to the early 12th century. The choir was destroyed during the Hundred Years War . Like the upper tower floor, it was then rebuilt.
architecture
Exterior construction
To the south of the west facade is the bell tower covered with a gable roof, the upper floor of which is pierced on all four sides by high, unadorned arched windows.
The middle of the west facade is occupied by a round arched portal, which is framed by archivolts and on each side by two columns decorated with capitals . The capitals are carved with owls and grimacing heads, which are entwined with palmettes and tendrils. A cornice with a roller frieze runs above the portal , above which a large window opens, which is framed by round bars and a zigzag band.
inner space
The three-aisled nave extends over four bays and ends in a right-angled choir in the east. The main nave, like the two side aisles , which are almost as high, has groin vaults , which are underpinned by strong belt arches . High arched arcades on rectangular supports reinforced with pillars structure the interior. The capitals are decorated with large, flat leaves. Some capitals with figurative scenes are dated to the late 11th century. One scene depicts a person lying under an arcade who is being attacked by a devil. Another scene shows a man between two lions.
Capitals on the portal
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literature
- Jean-Marie Pérouse de Montclos (ed.): Le Guide du Patrimoine. Ile-de-France . Hachette, 2nd edition, Paris 1994, ISBN 2-01-016811-9 , p. 722.
- Georges Poisson (ed.): Dictionnaire des Monuments d'Île de France . Éditions Hervas, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84334-002-0 , p. 870.
- Anne Prache: Romanesque Île-de-France (Paris and surroundings) . Echter Verlag, Würzburg 1987, ISBN 3-429-01029-2 , pp. 267-270.
Web links
- Église Saint-Nicolas in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French) and Église Saint-Nicolas in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- Capital in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- Église Saint-Nicolas topic topos (French)
Coordinates: 48 ° 56 ′ 20.6 " N , 1 ° 59 ′ 56" E